Thanks Chris it appears you have found my problem. (see below) > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Odenbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2003 5:14 PM > To: Jason Tedesco; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Another Amanda + Win32 backup problem > > > > Hi Jason, > > > I am trying to backup a win32 host with Amanda and keep running into > > problems. I compiled Amanda with smbclient full path. When I try > > executing an amcheck I receive the following error. > > > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > -------------------------------- > > WARNING: mymachine.host.org: selfcheck request timed out. > Host down? > > Client check: 1 host checked in 30.019 seconds, 1 problem found > > > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) > > > > I also receive this error in my logfile. > > ERROR planner Request to mymachine.host.org timed out. > > > > I increased the etimeout in amanda.conf although that did not change > > a thing. I can use smbclient to mount my drive without a > problem, and > > the directory shard on the win32 host has no permissions set. > > > > This is what I have below in my disklist > > mymachine.host.org //mymachine/temp comp-root-tar > > I think you have not quite understood how amanda's samba backups work. > > The first entry in the disklist should point to the > unix/linux host that > actually starts smbclient. This can be (but does not have to be) your > tape server. Your tape server is actually quite a good idea > to prevent > unneccessary data transfer through your network. > > The second entry contains usually the disk. This is the point where > samba jumps into: If the disk is something like > //<host>/<share>, then > the backup is done via smbclient to the host <host>. > > So: correct your disklist entry to something like > > yourtapeserver.host.org //mymachine/temp comp-root-tar > > > The reason why I have amandapass in two directories is because I am > > unsure which one will be used by amanda on a solaris 8 box. > > Try this on the solaris box (that is on your tape server!): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>strings /opt/amanda/libexec/sendbackup | grep > amandapass > /etc/amandapass > > This is the correct path. > > Greetings, > > Christopher > > -- > ====================================================== > Dipl.-Ing. Christopher Odenbach > HNI Rechnerbetrieb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel.: +49 5251 60 6215 > ====================================================== > >
After issuing strings /opt/amanda/libexec/sendbackup | grep amandapass it returns nothing. So back to compiling amanda. I have compiled amanda 2.4.4 and 2.4.4p1 with the following ./configure --with-smbclient=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient --with-user=operator --with-group=sys --with-config=SElvl0 --wit h-suffixes --with-libraries=/usr/local/lib After doing a make, I so another search for amandapass in sendbackup /amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src$ strings - sendbackup* |grep amandapass Do you have any other suggestions? Is there possibly something else I'm missing? Thanks. Regards, # jason
